Annual change in the extracellular fluid/intracellular fluid ratio and mortality in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis

Abstract We aimed to investigate whether annual change in the extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid (ΔECF/ICF) ratio can accurately predict mortality in hemodialysis patients. Totally, 247 hemodialysis patients were divided into two groups according to the median baseline ECF/ICF ratio of 0.563...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Yajima, Kumiko Yajima, Hiroshi Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04366-6